Hair-cutting gage



c. SHAFER.- HAIR CUTTING GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 2, 1921.

1,390,465. Pmnmase n, 13,1921.

INVENTOR.

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HAIR-CU TINGGAGE.

T0 all'wkomz't'may coacerm Be it known thatLCARn R SHAFER, a eitizenof the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan',-'have invented certainfnew and useful Improvements :in llair-zCutting Gages, of which the follow,ing isla specification- 2 1 'This invention relates "to hair-cutting gages. lt-is the object of-the invetnion to provide a hair-cutting gage that can be utilizedby abarber to guide him' in cutting In'the drawings,' v

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gag e attached to thehead.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation taken degree angle from the view shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view of a simpler modified form of my invention.

(1 represents a plate which is adapted to fit a persons forehead. This plate is provided with a curved slot 6 having several offsets c. This forward plate a is connected by elastic straps (Z with the rear plate 6 which is provided with one long slot f. The yoke g is preferably a two-part yoke by reason of the set screw clamp h slidable along the larger rod. The smaller rod 3' is slidable through the set screw clamp 70. The lower end of the larger rod. 9 is also slidable 7 through a clamp Z. Obviously the yoke may be adjusted up and down in the two clamps 7c and Z and the parts of the yoke may be ad justed with respect to each other by the clamp 71.. This permits the fitting of the gage to the various heads met with in barber practice regardless of their eccentricities. Furthermore, by adjusting the yoke up and down in the clamps Z0 and Z and h the length of the cut of the hair may be adjusted to suit.

The operation is as follows: Before the gage is applied to the head the barbe'r Wlll clip or shear the sides of the head up to the dotted line 3-8 (Fig. 1). Whether clipping or shearing is done, is, of course, largely a matter of taste of the patron. The barber then applies the gage to the head, as shown in Fig. 2, for instance. Hetakes his posi-' tion behind the person, combs the hair to a perpendicular position, andthe shears, rested against the back of the gage, are then manipulated to cut off the hair held 1n the comb. The operation proceeds upwardly to ""App1iationfiled-February 2,. 1921. 'Seria 1 No.441,750.

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thepoint tQ Thereuponthe-gage vis shifted alongto about a central-position on the head. The operator then repeats the operationup to the point vt as before; l The gage is then moved -to the extreme left position and the operation repeated until the entire back part of thehead is completed; The'operator then takes a position in front of the patron and fiIHShGS thB top of the head by moving the shearsv along the gage from front to back, comblng-the hair up perpendicularly as be"- fore. ,7 The gage' is shifted the same way along-the slotsto cover the entire head until the hair on theentire head hasbeen cut."

It will be apparent that the slots band make possible moving the gage fromside 'to side of the head. Fu-rth'e'rmorathe auxiliary slots 0 in the plate a permit the gage to be set at any intermediate point along the length of the plate (it. These auxiliary slots c'make possible any angular adjustment, as shown by the dotted lines, to accommodate any shape head.

It will be seen that in the clamp 70 the set screw 0 bears against the rod part 3'. This rod part runs through an elongated hole w in the clamp body. Consequently the end of the set screw o jams the rod part 3' up against the washer 7' and thereby tightly binds the clamp to the plate a in any desired position. It will also be noted that the plate a, is bossed or pressed out, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of providing clearance'to accommodate the head q of the clamp body. Felt strips w are provided at thetop and bottomand back of the plate to relieve the 1. A'hair-cutting gage, having in combination, a yoke for bridging the head in spaced relation therewith to form a guide for the shears, and means for supporting the yoke upon the head.

2. In a hair-cutting gage, a rod-like yoke shaped intermediate its ends to bridge the head in spaced relation thereto and form a by which the same is supported upon the.

head.

3. In a hair-cutting gage, the combination of a pair of plates for engagement with the front and back of the head, elastic straps connecting the said plates, and a yoke supported by the said plates in spaced relation with the head for guiding the shears of the opera-tor.

4. Ina hair-cutting gage, the combination of a pair of plates forming front and back plates for engagement with the head, a yoke adjustably supported Within said plates and which can be moved up and down with respect to the head by reason of its being adjustably supported within said plates, and straps connecting the plates together.

5. In a hair-cutting gage, the combination of a pair of plates, one adapted to fit the forehead of the head, the other the back of the head, a clamp on each plate, and a rodlike yoke adjustably supported Within the said clamps of the plates and removably away or toward the crown of the head, and straps connecting the plates together.

6. In a hair-cutting gage, a pair of plates, one to be secured to the front of the head, the other to the back of the head, a pair of straps connecting the same, and avyoke adjustably secured in said plates and comprising two rod portions adjustably clamped together.

7 In a hair-cutting gage, the combination of a pair of plates, one fitted to the front of the head, the other to the back'of' the head, a pair of straps connecting the same, a yoke supported upon said plates and movable transversely of the head by its ends being adjustable along the plates.

8. In a hair-cutting gage, the combination of a pair of plates, one to fit the front of the head, the other the back of the head, a pair of straps connecting the plates, and a clamp on each plate for supporting the yoke ends, each of the clamps being movable along the plate to move the yoke transversely of the head.

CARL n. ,SHAFER. 

